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Shashthi (day)

Shashthi (Sanskrit: षष्ठी, romanizedṢaṣṭhī) also referred to as Chhath is the sixth day of the lunar fortnight in the Hindu calendar.[1] It is tithi (lunar day) of a paksha, the fourteen-day phase of the moon.

Etymology

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The word comes from the Sanskrit cardinal ṣaṣ (six), whence the ordinal number (linguistics) ṣaṣṭha (sixth), fem. ṣaṣṭhī (days of the paksha are feminine gender).

Occasions

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The sixth tithi, especially in the waxing period (shuklapaksha), is important in several rituals including:

References

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  1. ^ Monier-Williams, Monier (1872). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: ...with Special Reference to Greek, Latin, Gothic, German, Anglo-saxon... Clarendon. p. 1034.
  2. ^ "Festivals of India : Sital Shashti". Aryabhatt.com. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  3. ^ Kannikeswaran, Kanniks. "Skanda Sashti". Indiantemples.com. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  4. ^ Śāstrī, Rāmanātha; Mohana, Madana; Langeh, Baldev Singh (1970). (Rajata jayantī abhinandana grantha) (in Hindi). Ḍogarī Saṃsthā.


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